2014-2015学年上学期惠州市高中期末质量检测
高 一 英 语 试 题
2015.02.
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。 注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，
用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位
置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On Making Friends
Everyone needs friends,and if you fail to make friends,you should ___1___ yourself and see if there is something wrong with your personality.
Maybe you have social ___2___ such as snobbishness,talkativeness and using slang etc. which drive away your new acquaintances.Whatever your social faults may be,look at them ___3___ and make real effort to correct them. To be friendly you must feel friendly.Cheerfulness is the ___4___ of friendliness.A ___5___ people smiles.A smile is a magnet which ___6___ people.Smile at someone and you are almost sure to get a smile in return.
A friendly person does his best to make a ___7___ feel at home,wherever he happens to be.Put yourself in the other fellow's place and make them feel ___8___. Try to ___9___ names.It makes your new acquaintances feel happy when you call them by their names.It gives them the feeling that they have made an ___10___ on you and that mean something to them because you remember them.
If you don't agree with other people on a certain matter,you should appear to be ___11___.Don't argue,but discuss.You always lose friends if you ___12___ too much. A friendly person thinks of others,and doesn't insist on his own \"rights\".People who refuse to ___13___ others have few friends.
Finally,don't treat people only according to their social ___14___.Really friendly people ___15___ everyone at all times. 1 A hate B protect C praise D examine 2
A thoughts
B faults
C ideas
D degrees
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A honestly A way A careful A draws A stranger A nervous A give A friendly A discuss A visit A clothes A call
B quickly B knowledge B cheerful B pushes B guest B worried B write B lively B explain B please B positions B obey
C quietly C basis C hopeful C drives C friend C welcome C forget C excuse C lovely C argue C help C mind
D slowly D answer D thankful D punishes D passenger D useful D remember D apology D lonely D gain D consider D respect
A explanation B impression
C appearances D words
第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。
A son and his father were walking in the valley. Suddenly，his son fell, hurt ___16___ and screamed, “Ah--!” ___17___ his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “Ah--!” Curious, he yelled, “Who are you?” He received the answers, “___18___ are you?” And then he screamed to the mountain, “I admire you!” The voice answered, “I admire you!” He was ___19___（anger）at the response so he screamed, “Coward!” He received ___20___ answer “Coward!” too. ___21___ (look) at his father, he asked, “What’s going on?” His father smiled and said, “My son, pay attention~” Again the man screamed, “You are a champion!” The voice answered, “You are a champion!” The boy was surprised, ___22___ did not understand. Then his father explained, “People call this ECHO, but___23___(real) this is LIFE. ___24___ you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. Life will give you back everything you ___25___ (give) to it.”
Ⅱ 阅读 （共两节，满分60分）
第一节 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Sweetest Day is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some cities than in others. It is a holiday that is becoming popular every year throughout the country.
Sweetest Day is on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, old, and orphaned, but also friends, families and partners whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.
Over 60 years ago, a Cleveland man, believing that the city’s orphans and shut-ins (卧病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and ignored, came up with the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in this activity, which came to be called \"Sweetest Day\". In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading joy to the poor was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. And soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.
Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious background or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. 26. Sweetest Day is intended to_________.
A. remember the unlucky people B. make people buy some sweets
C. bring happiness to someone D. enjoy someone’s helpfulness and kindness
27. We learn from the text that a Cleveland man________. A. often ignored the orphans and shut-ins B. asked everyone to visit the orphans and shut-ins C. offered job opportunities to the orphans and shut-ins D. cared about the orphans and shut-ins very much
28. The underlined word “distributed” (Paragraph 3) probably means_______.
A. bought B. gave C. received D. supplied 29. Which of the following is Not mentioned in the text? A. The lovers of Sweetest Day B. The date of Sweetest Day
C. The idea of Sweetest Day D. The popularity of Sweetest Day 30. Where can you read this passage?
A. In a newspaper B. In a magazine
C. In a textbook D. In a history book
B
If your vocabulary is limited, your chances of success are limited.
One of the easiest and quickest ways to get ahead is by building up your knowledge of words. The vocabulary of a person almost stops growing by the middle twenties. From then on, it is necessary to have an intelligent plan if progress is to be made. No casual hit-or-miss methods will do.
The study of words is not just something that has to do with literature. Words are your tools of thought. You can’t even think at all without them. Try it. If you are planning to go downtown this afternoon you will find that you are saying to yourself, “I think I will go downtown this afternoon.” You can’t make such a simple decision as this without using words.
Without words you could make no decisions and form no judgments at all. A pianist may have the most beautiful tunes in his head, but if he had only five keys on his piano he would never get more than a part of these tunes out.
The study of words is not only to improve the processes of your mind. It will give you confidence; lend color to your personality; increase your popularity. Your words are your personality. Your vocabulary is you. And your words are all that we, your friends, have to know and judge you by. You have no other medium for telling us your thoughts--for making us believe, persuading us, giving us orders.
31. How to make progress in vocabulary in one’s mid-20s? A. By planning wisely B. By finding some useful methods
C. By thinking to be successful D. By learning to be smart
32.Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Words help us think. B. Words enable us to become popular.
C. Words help us make decisions. D. Words add colors to our life.
33. According to the passage, how can a person be judged? A. By his thoughts B. By his words C. By his popularity D. By his personality
34. What does the underlined word “medium” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. assistant B. means C. helper D. vocabulary 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. The ways to study words B. The choice of words C. The study of words D. The use of words
C
It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Iraq. Because Tara looked Iraqi, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Iraq. Tara replied, “No, I'm not.” Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. To each question, Tara responded with a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, “She's not from anywhere!” The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Arabic.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, “Where are you from?” Tara answered that she was from Iraq. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away, who heard Tara's response.
“Aha!” they both shouted. “You ARE from Iraq!” Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized to both of them for lying the day before. She explained that she had not wanted to get into an Arabic conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their native language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Arabic. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only. “I agree,” said Rose.
“You're 100 percent right,” agreed Jennifer. “Rose and I must stop speaking Arabic to each
other. Right, Rose?” Rose nodded, and then said something in Arabic. All three women laughed.
Over the next four months, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never
spoke a word of Arabic to them during class or break. 36. How many students were there in each group? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Not mentioned.
37. Tara didn’t tell classmates her nationality on the first day of class because __________. A. She was afraid of being looked down upon. B. People from Arabic country are shy.
C. She didn’t want to speak Arabic in ESL class.
D. Jennifer and Rose were not friends she wanted to make.
38. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? A. Tara was not from anywhere.
B. Tara believed that ESL students should try to speak English only. C. Rose and Jennifer could only speak Arabic.
D. Tara lied because she didn’t want to make friends with Rose and Jennifer.
39. From the underlined part, we know Jennifer would do the following things EXCEPT _________.
A. never ask a classmate’s nationality again. B. speak less Arabic in ESL class.
C. speak English to Tara as much as she could D. take Tara’s advice.
40. From the passage, we know_______.
A. It is better to hide your nationality when you attend ESL class. B. White lies can help you make good friends.
C. Students need to speak their native language in ESL class. D. When you learn a new language, it’s better to practice it often.
D
Tourists have always taken selfies(自拍) of themselves at Sydney's landmarks, but on a day that has horrified the city, many people are taking pictures for old times' sake as well.
All day people were uploading selfies of themselves on Twitter from as close as possible to where the hostage rescue(人质营救) was taking place.
Just to make the photos more real, some even took them with television cameras in the background. A young couple even looked like they were taking a celebration selfie than one at a hostage siege. Others smiled happily as if they were standing in front of Sydney Opera House instead of a horrible hostage crisis.
The hostage siege has been going since 10 a.m. on Monday with as many as 30 people believed to be held against their will by a gunman in a central Sydney cafe.
Not that it stopped people taking selfies in the area. However, the thoughtless actions have raised many objections on Twitter, with many users blaming the people for putting up their selfies.
One person wrote: “Terrible! Do they not have any feelings. People are being held hostage
and all they can do is take a selfie.”
“I love a selfie, but how is this ok?” said another.
“Don't go home and hug your loved ones and be grateful that you're not caught up in a hostage nightmare… go to the scene and take a selfie.” one Twitter user wrote.
It's unlikely that those improper pictures will be taken down from these accounts no matter
how the hostage crisis ends. 41. According to the passage, what were people doing at the scene of the hostage siege? A. sending their selfies on the Internet B. helping the police rescue the hostages
C. writing events of the hostage siege D. talking about the hostage siege
42. Why did people take pictures with television cameras in the background? A. Because they wanted to become famous. B. Because they liked television cameras.
C. Because they didn’t know there were television cameras behind them.
D. Because they wanted to make their friends believe they were actually at the scene. 43. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 8? A. People shouldn’t go home and hug their families. B. People should go to the scene and take a selfie. C. People should put up their selfies on Twitter.
D. People should be grateful that they are not caught up in the hostage. 44. Which of the following will the writer probably agree with? A. Café is not a safe place in Sydney.
B. Tourists should not take selfies at Sydney’s landmarks.
C. Rather than taking selfies, people should show their concern about the hostage. D. Pictures will soon be taken down when the hostage crisis ends. 45. The best title for the text would be_______. A. A Hostage Rescue
B. Stop Taking Selfies, Please! C. A Hostage Crisis D. Café in the Hostage Rescue
E
A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy(精确度) of tasks such as data entry, proof reading and problem solving.
In an office-based experiment, 88 percent of people were found to do their best work when listening to music. The study also found that 81 percent completed their fastest work when music was played. And it matters what type of music you listen to. For example, if you're filling your income taxpaying form, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills.
Listening to Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 percent of people completing data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs.
During proof-reading, dance music, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact with people increasing their speed by 20 percent compared to tests taken with no music at all. Dance music also had a positive effect on spell-checking with a 75 percent pass rate compared to 68 percent when no music was played at all.
The research, done by Brighton-based Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive.
“The MusicWorks experiment showed a positive relationship between music and productivity--it showed that when listening to music, nine out of 10 people performed better.”
said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International. 46. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Workers in the office like listening to different kinds of music. B. Music helps improve workers’ performance in the office. C. Dance music has a positive effect on spell-checking. D. Silent offices are the least productive.
47. Which of the following words has the closest meaning with the underlined word “impact”(Paragraph 4)?
A. effect B. harm C. importance D. attraction 48. If you are doing a maths problem, you’d better listen to__________. A. pop music B. dance music
C. classical music D. rock-and-roll music
49. Which of the following statements is Not true?
A. Types of music makes no difference to the office workers’ performance.
B. Listening to dance music helps people have a higher pass rate on spell-checking. C. Silent office workers may not perform as well as those with music played. D. Most people completed their work faster while listening to music. 50. We can infer from Dr David Lewis that________.
A. People should pay attention to the types of music they listen to. B. People had better complete their tasks more carefully.
C. People should listen to music whenever and wherever they work. D. People will perform better with music played in their office.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列2014年奥斯卡提名电影的海报和摘要： A. Twelve Years A Slave B. Nebraska Woody Grant, now Solomon Northup, a elderly and confused, is free black man in New convinced that he has York in 1841, is tricked won a million dollars. to Washington, DC, When he persists kidnapped, sold into walking from Montana slavery and sent to to Nebraska to claim his Louisiana, he prize, his son takes him experiences violence as on a road trip that will a slave yet hoping to revisit the sites of his father's youth. regain his freedom. C. The Wolf of Wall Street D. Captain Phillips
In the financial world of the 1990s, When their freighter ship is captured by stockbroker Jordan Somali pirates, Captain enjoys a meteoric rise Phillips faces off as one of Wall Street's against the band's power players. He leader to protect his embraces the excesses crew. Phillips must of the era and enters balance between into scams that will strength and have implications compliance if he and throughout the finance. his crew are to survive. E. American Hustle When small-time con man Irving meets Sydney, an ambitious hustler who persuades him to up the stakes in his scams, they are targeted by FBI agent Richie. Being threatened, they agree to cooperate with Richie in an operation. F. Lost Child of Philomena Lee When Irishwoman Philomena Lee gave birth to her son in 1952, the boy was taken and adopted out to a family in America. Philomena travels to Washington, DC and attempt to find her now-grown child. 以下是观众看后的一些评论。请把评论与影片匹配起来。 51. The way the hero plays with money exquisitely portrays how an economic bug enjoys his stake while ruins the country’s economy.
52. The film portrays the violence of slavery in a more passive way. Actually, involving setting a live body on fire or cutting body parts off, it would be more brutal.
53. When in front of very explosively dangerous situations, the hero tries his might to save his men’s life, which accounts for the essential of American Dream.
54. I keep seeing turning tables when the agent was dominating or when the con man and woman find a way to help themselves out by scamming. It is fun.
55. It reminds me of my Dad. Although affording him a relatively comfortable life, as a son, I barely know his youth. Perhaps I should listen to him and share his emotions before too late.
Ⅲ 读写综合（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题， 每空1.5分，满分15分）
根据括号中所给的英语单词，用适当的形式完成句子，使句子意思完整。 56. She made a quick __________ (recover)from her illness and was soon back at work. 57. When you are ready to finish the exercise, __________(gradual)deepen your breathing. 58. Her _________(perform) in the play was very good.
59. The meeting held yesterday was of great ________ ( important).
60. If you don’t speak good English, you’ll be at a big __________ (advantage) when you try to get a job.
61. This is one of the most __________ (value) lessons I learned.
62. Altogether 3,000 competitors competed in the __________ (compete). 63. We students should be healthy both _________ (physical) and mentally. 64. The __________ (protect)of the enviornment is the duty of everyone.
65. We have full _________ (confident)that we shall succeed.
第二节：完成句子(共7小题，每空一分，满分15分) 66.我正要出去找他，他恰巧进来了。
As I was about to go out and search for him,he ____ ____come in. 67.我会去学校门口接你。
I would _____ you _______at the school gate. 68.我们应该充分利用我们有限的时间区备考。
We should make full use of our limited time to _____ _____ the examination. 69.我们是在上个星期五参观中山大学的。
_____ was last Friday _____we visited Sun Yat-sen University. 70.在过去的十年里，惠州发生了很大的变化。
Great changes have _____ _____in Huizhou in the past 10 years. 71.红花湖绿道很值得一游。
Honghuahu Lake Greenway is well _____ _____. 72.他总是喜欢拿我开玩笑，因为我们是朋友。
He likes to _____ _____ _____me because we are friends. 第三节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
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